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of a resident’s property. She scoffed at the idea that regulating only what can be seen from a public street would be sufficient.
“That’s silly, we’re in a historic town,” she said. “If we’re going to preserve it, I think it’s necessary that we have these rules.”
With a keen eye to the legal implications of the ordinances, Henry “Hank” Day recommended at the meeting that the council extend the historic district ordinances to cover all external areas of a resident’s property. Day, a lawyer based in Warrenton, drafted the revised historic district ordinances.
Day said that he has not litigated any cases disputing whether an alteration to property could be considered viable from a public road, but it is nonetheless a legally murky issue. He noted that a bush or a tree may hide something from view in the summer, though not in the winter when its leaves have fallen.
“It really creates an issue as to what is visible and what isn’t visible,” he said after the meeting. “It’s very subjective.”
And ensuring that the revised ordinances place the town on strong legal footing is certainly a concern.
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